SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) — South Korea has suffered its first loss of the men’s hockey world championship in Ukraine. South Korea, ranked 23rd, dropped to 17th-ranked Austria 5-0 on Thursday (local time) at the International Ice Hockey Federation …read more Source: Yonhap News...

Tensions between Russia and the West over security in Europe, the Middle East and Asia have surfaced at an annual defense conference in Moscow. Major flashpoints include the situation in Syria and NATO expansion. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave a stark warning about the expanding threat of terrorism and conflict across the globe at...

MOSCOW – A Russian naval reconnaissance ship sank Thursday after colliding with a freighter off Istanbul, but all crew members were rescued, the Defense Ministry said. Turkey’s coastal safety authority said all 78 personnel from the Russian frigate Liman were safe, as were all crew aboard the freighter, the Togo-flagged Youzarsif H. The...

Former FBI special agent Clint Watts, testifying at the Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearing on Russian meddling in last year’s elections, had an arresting message for his interlocutors: “Follow the trail of dead Russians”, he said. Watts, who admits to not being much of a Russia expert, was probably referring specifically to the...

Russian antigovernment protesters are planning more mass demonstrations this weekend, after hundreds were arrested in rallies at the end of March. One activist has created a new smartphone app aiming to keep protesters connected if they are detained — with one touch of the “Red Button.” (Reuters, RFE/RL’s Russian Service,...

KIEV (Sputnik) — The court ruled in March to extend Baranov’s custody until May 15. “The judges decided to extend Baranov’s detention period until July 13,”the judge said. In November 2016, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Baranov and another serviceman Maxim Odintsov were kidnapped and whisked across the border to the Mykolaiv...

Syria President Bashar al-Assad affirmed that the objective of the American and western allegations about chemical weapons is to support terrorists in Syria. President al-Assad added in an interview given to Venezuelan Telesur TV that the solution in Syria should be through halting support to terrorists from outside and reconciliation among the...

Russia accused French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team of discriminating against its media on Thursday, saying it had trampled on the freedom of the press by banning Russian news outlets from its events.The Kremlin has been irritated by accusations from the Macron camp that its campaign’s networks, databases and...